July is a favorite time here on the farm. One of our favorite crops are blueberries & they are ripe for the picking about mid-July. Blueberries are high in antioxidants, as well as vitamin C, so they’re a healthy, fresh snack when you’re on the go. They are quite plentiful mid-summer and easy to use for baking, preserving or eating fresh. If you’re a blueberry fan like us, you will enjoy these sweet treats from the farm.
Ingredients
Blueberry Syrup:
4 cups fresh blueberries
½ cup sugar
1 lemon, juiced
Lemonade:
6 cups sugar
24 lemons, juiced
Syrup: Put the blueberries, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then reduce the heat and simmer until thick, 20 to 25 minutes. Strain the blueberries through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing to get all the liquid out, then place the liquid in the fridge and chill until cold (or place the pan in a bowl of ice to chill down fast). Lemonade: Mix the sugar with 6 cups of tap water and stir until the sugar is dissolved to make a simple syrup. Pour the lemon juice into a large vat. Pour in 3/4 of the simple syrup and 8 cups of water (give or take). Add the blueberry syrup, stir it around and then give it a taste. Add more simple syrup if it needs sweetness, or more water if it needs dilution. Top up with lots of ice before serving.
